When Things Get Personal: A Philosophical Guide to Conflict

How to avoid the trap of taking conflicts so personallyWe’re all imperfect.Good relationships require seeing each other through these imperfections-distinguishing what is signal, and what is noise.But sometimes we mistake noise for signal-or worse, signal for noise. And even when we get things right, the other person can be getting them wrong.In When Things Get Personal, Mark Schroeder shows that the better we can learn to tell the difference between signal and noise in our relationships, the better we can predict and avoid everyday misunderstandings that, if left unchecked, can lead to “discord”-fundamental, sometimes chronic failures to see eye to eye that lead us to take things personally that we shouldn’t, to treat others in ways that they take personally, to abandon relationships that are worthwhile, and to stay in relationships that we’d be better off without. Engagingly written, story-driven, and rich with powerful ideas and insights, When Things Get Personal addresses conflicts